VK's Tiptree Cache Traditional Cache
Hanoosh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.
Regards
Brenda
Hanoosh - Volunteer UK Reviewer www.geocaching.com
Geocaching Guidelines
Geocaching Help Center
UK Geocaching Information
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Von Keiller's Tiptree Cache- previously a ? cache now a traditional
The theory behind the name Tiptree is that a Saxon named Tippa gave his/her name to a tree in the area we know as Tiptree.
The Doomsday Book had no records of any settlement. It was mostly heath land. In the 17th century it was a dangerous area full of vagabonds and during the 18th century smuggled goods were brought up the Blackwater estuary and were hidden on the heath land. It is said that locals turned a blind eye to such activities and would be left samples of those smuggled goods by the smugglers.
‘If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet,
Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street.
Them that ask no questions isn't told a lie.
Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
Five and twenty ponies,
Trotting through the dark --
Brandy for the Parson,
'Baccy for the Clerk;
Laces for a lady, letters for a spy,
And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!’
Rudyard Kipling
In 1971 Tiptree Heath was designated as a site of special scientific interest. There is now a charity set up to manage the area. Cattle now graze on the site at certain times of the year.
There are now two main supermarkets, four primary schools, one secondary school and four churches serving a population of 11000.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onfr bs ybt, abg pbzcyrgryl tebhaq yriry!
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures